FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICANS
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conservative movement founded by evangelical minister Jerry Falwell
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plan, nicknamed “Star Wars, “ to develop weapons that could destroy incoming missiles
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policy of supporting guerilla groups fighting Communist or pro-Soviet governments
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), derisively nicknamed the “Star Wars program", was a proposed missile defense system intended to protect the United States from attack by ballistic strategic nuclear weapons (intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine-launched ballistic missiles).
Detailed explanation-2: -The SDI was intended to defend the United States from attack from Soviet intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) by intercepting the missiles at various phases of their flight. For the interception, the SDI would require extremely advanced technological systems, yet to be researched and developed.
Detailed explanation-3: -On March 23, 1983 in a televised address to the nation, U.S. President Ronald Reagan announced his intention to embark upon groundbreaking research into a national defense system that could make nuclear weapons obsolete.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1983 U.S. President Ronald Reagan announced the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), which was nicknamed by some as “Star Wars.” SDI was meant to protect the United States from intercontinental ballistic missiles by the use of defensive weapons on both earth and in space.
Detailed explanation-5: -The end of Reagan’s Star Wars program The SDI was officially halted in 1993, when Bill Clinton’s administration created the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, which focused on a different threat. By this time, Reagan’s Star Wars program was considered a failure.